Eating Disorders

How dieting is like foot binding

January is a popular time for women of all shapes and sizes to make goals and devote every waking hour as well as their finite and precious energy into forming – or sometimes just thinking about – habits with the sole purpose of shrinking their bodies. But these efforts – even if we’ve convinced ourselvesRead the whole post >>

Loving my here and now body

Never did I ever think I’d post a photo of myself in a swimsuit on social media. Fully-clothed selfies take me out of my comfort zone, so a selfie of me in a swimsuit? That’s damn right terrifying, especially when I’m occupying a body that I don’t always love for reasons that transcend what IRead the whole post >>

The best way to gain weight is to try to lose it: my path toward embracing intuitive eating

I haven’t written about food or my body image in ages. Sadly, that’s not because it hasn’t been on my mind. Just last week I was at an early morning barre class and I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and loathed the way I looked. But before I could fall down aRead the whole post >>

Pure Barre’s Feel Good Month & My Personal Testimony

Pure Barre of Athens has launched a Feel Good campaign during the month of April. They invited me to share my testimony about my fitness journey and how I’ve ended up as a Pure Barre devotee. They’ve also invited me to have copies of my book Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body at an eventRead the whole post >>

A valediction to skinny jeans

Dear Skinny Jeans, I haven’t forgotten about you although I am working on it and hopefully at the end of this letter my farewell to you will be complete. For some reason, every time I open my closet lately I hear your siren song calling my name, taunting me and telling me that life wasRead the whole post >>